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I was being hyperbolic. I don't think all SROs would be "slums". But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surpri

I was being hyperbolic. I don't think all SROs would be "slums". But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. SROs of yore came in all types, but one of the most notorious were flophouses, like the infamous "chicken-wire hotels".

gwbas1c 1y ago
> But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. That's what happens in a free society. We can't force people to be responsible adults when they don't want to. (But we can, and should, contain any mess they create, which I think you and I agree about the bigger details.)